Ausgelohnt. When dwarfs are paid in full for their work they cease helping mortals

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Ausgelohnt. When dwarfs are paid in full for their work they cease helping mortals.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F451.5.10.9

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

DanishKristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 96ff., (1928) 70ff.
Finnish-SwedishWessman 40 No. 326
LithuanianBalys Index No. 3490.
general *Hdwb. d. Märch. s. v. "Ausgelohnt"

Within the index

Filed under Business relations of dwarfs and mortals.

Filed beside it

Dwarfs accept remuneration Dwarfs object to rewards. (Cf. F451.5.10.9.)Dwarfs borrow from mortals Dwarfs return what they borrow Dwarfs buy peas from mortals and pay more than they are worth Dwarfs pay for being ferried across water Mortal confiscates property of dwarfs Dwarfs make promises with mental reservations

Travels with

Fairies leave when thanked for their work. (Cf. F451.5.10.9.)Dwarfs object to rewards. (Cf. F451.5.10.9.)

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